New Energy
Billion-Dollar Power Lines Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids
Suddenly several big power-line projects in the US are moving ahead, bringing with them a flood of potential wind and solar power.
Transmission towers near Blythe, California, US.
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The biggest impediment to the US achieving a cleaner power grid isn't climate deniers or fossil-fuel lobbies; it’s a lack of transmission lines. The country badly needs more conduits to cart wind and solar energy and hydropower to cities.